# 1985–86 Serie B

The Serie B 1985–86 was the fifty-fourth tournament of this competition played in Italy since its creation.

## Teams

Brescia, Vicenza, Catanzaro and Palermo had been promoted from Serie C, while Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese had been relegated from Serie A.

## Classification

Results were hugely affected by the 1986 Totonero.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ascoli (P, C) | 38 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 50 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 2 | Brescia (P) | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 47 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 3 | Lanerossi Vicenza (D) | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 46 | Banned from playing in the Serie A for match fixing |
| 4 | Empoli (P) | 38 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 45 | Promotion to Serie A |
| 5 | Triestina | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 44 | |
| 6 | Bologna | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 41 | |
| 7 | Genoa | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 40 | |
| 8 | Cesena | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 39 | |
| 9 | Cremonese | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Campobasso | 38 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 37 | |
| 11 | Arezzo | 38 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 36 | |
| 11 | Lazio | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 36 | |
| 11 | Catania | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 36 | |
| 14 | Sambenedettese | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 35 | |
| 14 | Cagliari | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 35 | |
| 16 | Palermo (E, R, R) | 38 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 34 | Bankruptcy |
| 17 | Pescara (T) | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 33 | Re-admitted |
| 18 | Perugia (R, D, R) | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 32 | Relegation to Serie C2 |
| 19 | Catanzaro (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 30 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 20 | Monza (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
* 1 2 Empoli promoted after Vicenza’s conviction.
* ↑ Totonero 1986: Lanerossi Vicenza originally promoted to Serie A, then sent back to Serie B by the federation for alleged match fixing.
* ↑ Totonero 1986: 1 point deducted to Triestina
* ↑ Excluded by the FIGC for financial reasons. Palermo was later re-founded in 1987.
* ↑ Originally relegated to Serie C1, then readmitted to Serie B to fill Palermo's vacancy.
* ↑ Totonero 1986: Perugia relegated directly to Serie C2 by the federation for alleged match fixing.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARE | ASC | BOL | BRE | CAG | CAM | CAL | CAT | CES | CRE | EMP | GEN | LRV | LAZ | MON | PAL | PER | PES | SAM | TRI |
| Arezzo | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Ascoli | 3–3 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Bologna | 1–1 | 4–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Brescia | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Cagliari | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Campobasso | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| Calcio Catania | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Catanzaro | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Cesena | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Cremonese | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Empoli | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Genoa | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| L.R. Vicenza | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Monza | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| Palermo | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Perugia | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Pescara | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Samb. | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 |
| Triestina | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — |

## References and sources

* Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio - La Storia 1898-2004, Panini Edizioni, Modena, September 2005
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